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RE sailing in first place in SAISA

Ransom Everglades won its second South Atlantic Interscholastic Sailing Association (SAISA) major sailing regatta of the 2022-23 season in Tampa on March 4 to cement first place in the SAISA south rankings going into the season's final event. Under the direction of Captain Joe Logan, the Raiders dominated in the varsity and junior varsity divisions of the event, known as the South Points No. 6.
RE varsity sailors also won the SAISA South Points No. 2 regatta on Nov. 5 in Sarasota. They finished second at events in Jensen Beach, Fla., and St. Petersburg, and posted just one third-place finish at the South Points No. 5 event held at Ransom Everglades because of an error at the start. 

The sailors who competed in Tampa included: Olivia Drulard '23, Sophia Adams '23, Emery Diemar '24, Garrett Fox '24, Violet Martin '24, Audrey Caplow '25, Jackson McAliley '23, Manolo Campos '25, Griggs Diemar '25, Christine Keedy-Brown '24, Evelyn Yu '24, Daniel Figueroa '24, Sebastian van de Kreeke '25, Marcus Mustad '26, Ava McAliley '26, Amelia Lazarus '25, Mela Lew '24, Lucas Lippey '25 and Leyla Amjad '26.

The Raiders consistency in 2022-23 has given them the lead with 83 points in the standings among 23 sailing programs in the Southeast of the United States and Caribbean. Next is St. Thomas Aquinas High in Fort Lauderdale with 74; Oxbridge Academy in West Palm Beach with 65; and tied for fourth place are H.B. Plant High of Tampa and Immaculata-La Salle High with 63.
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Founded in 1903, Ransom Everglades School is a coeducational, college preparatory day school for grades 6 - 12 located on two campuses in Coconut Grove, Florida. Ransom Everglades School produces graduates who "believe that they are in the world not so much for what they can get out of it as for what they can put into it." The school provides rigorous college preparation that promotes the student's sense of identity, community, personal integrity and values for a productive and satisfying life, and prepares the student to lead and to contribute to society.